45(1)The Registrar may, by order, suspend a registration without serving a proposed order under section 44 if the Registrar considers it to be necessary in the public interest.

45(2)The Registrar shall serve a copy of the order made, together with written reasons for it, on the registrant and the order is effective immediately upon being served.

45(3)Subsections 44(2), (3), (5), (6) and (7) apply to the order in the same way as to a proposed order under that section.

45(4)Where the registrant requests a hearing, the order expires on the day the order of the adjudicator takes effect.

45(5)Where the Registrar makes an order under this section with respect to a registrant before a hearing is held under section 44 with respect to a notice of a proposed order that the Registrar has served on the registrant, the adjudicator may hold only one hearing to deal with both the order made and the proposed order.